Fundraiser poker run to benefit Run for the Wall

Monday

Oct 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Robert "Wolf" Lucero is organizing a poker run, a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Run for the Wall gas and food stop in La Junta.

Bette McFarrenbmcfarren@ljtdmail.com

Robert "Wolf" Lucero is organizing a poker run, a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Run for the Wall gas and food stop in La Junta. The Run for the Wall is a nationwide motorcycle run, starting on the West Coast and ending in Washington, D.C., at the Vietnam War Memorial Wall. Its mission statement is as follows: "To promote healing among all veterans and their families and friends, to call for an accounting of all prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW/MIA), to honor the memory of those killed in action (KIA) from all wars, and to support our military personnel all over the world."

This fundraiser poker run is scheduled for Oct. 12 and registration will be at 8 a.m., last bike out at 9 a.m. from BJ's Sports Bar, 10 E. Second St. in La Junta. The cost is $10 a hand.The stops are at the Trinidad Shell Station, the Dog Bar in Cuchara, the Walsenburg 7-11 store, J.R.'s Country Store in Blende, J.R.'s Country Store in Ordway, and the end of the run at Red Dog Revisited, 709 E. Third St. in La Junta. Food will be at BJ's and Red Dog Revisited.